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October 22, 2015

Protected and intact forests lost at an alarming rate around the world
Espoo, Finland (SPX) Oct 16, 2015
Protected and intact forests have been lost at a rapid rate during the first 12 years of this century. According to researchers at Aalto University, Finland, 3% of the protected forest, 2.5% of the intact forest, and 1.5% of the protected intact forest in the world were lost during 2000 - 2012. These rates of forest loss are high compared to the total global forest loss of 5% for the same time period. In Australia and Oceania, as well as North America, the loss in protected forests exceeded 5%. Wo ... read more

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